By:
Settu
Shankar
Monday,
March
26,
2007
The
entire
media
has
tried
to
establish
the
movie
as
another
Ramana;
the
hero
of
the
movie,
the
'Captain'
himself
is
satisfied
with
the
way
the
film
has
been
made;
the
producer
went
ot
the
extent
of
comparing
this
film
with
the
magnum
opus
of
the
year,
Sivaji.
But
the
out
come
is
pathetic.
It
is
not
qualified
to
compete
even
with
a
third
grade
film.
It
is
none
other
than
the
Captain
starrer
movie
Sabari!
Before
its
release,
the
Captain
said
this
will
be
one
of
the
best
films
in
his
career.
But
after
having
seen
the
preview
of
the
same,
many
have
said
that
Sabari
is
one
of
the
worst
movies
in
Vijayakanth's
carrier.
It
is
high
time
that
Vijaykanth
takes
care
of
the
scripts
for
his
films.
Whether
it
is
Vallarasu
or
Vanchinathan,
Sudesi
or
Sabari,
the
theme
of
the
story
is
the
same.
The
audiences
are
getting
bored
with
his
tailor
made
role.
His
latest
one
Sabari
is
the
best
example
in
bad
movie
making,
and
wasting
the
money
of
a
producer!
The
team
has
not
taken
much
pain
for
novelty
in
the
story.
They
just
copied
a
few
scenes
from
old
Tamil
movies
and
tried
to
portray
them
colourfully.
But
finally
it
looks
like
a
gypsy
coat
with
a
lot
of
patches.
Dr
Sabarivasan
(Vijaykanth)
is
a
noted
cardiologist
working
at
the
Chennai
government
hospital.
The
man
is
upright,
morally
correct
and
is
always
ready
to
help
the
poor
and
the
needy.
At
the
same
time,
he
is
no
Gandhian,
and
uses
his
brawn
on
the
bad
guys
and
also
believes
in
an
eye
for
an
eye
theory.
Two
women-
Nandini
(Jyothirmayi)
and
a
house
surgeon
(Malavika)
are
attracted
to
him
because
of
his
kind
nature
and
power.
But
finally
he
chooses
Nandini
over
the
house
surgeon
as
his
wife,
after
a
few
song
sequences
with
each
one
of
them.
The
bad
guys
are
loud,
leering
and
have
no
human
quality
in
them.
They
are
Vajravel
(Pradeep
Rawat)
and
his
long
haired
brother-
in
-law
(Aryan)
and
a
bad
Industrialist
who
always
tries
to
influence
the
government
(Pitamahan
Mahadevan).
As
predictable,
Sabari
runs
into
them
as
they
cause
much
bloodshed
in
the
city.
The
angry
crusader
takes
them
on,
and
finally
eliminates
them
in
a
long
drawn
out
climax.
To
rub
more
salt
into
the
wounds
of
the
poor
audience,
another
villie
(Aishwarya)
character
in
the
name
of
Vajravel's
wife
makes
an
entry.
What
can
I
say
about
Vijaykanth's
performance?
There
is
nothing
new
to
him
vis-a
vis
the
viewers.
Wherever
wrong
things
occur
and
injustice
happens,
the
captain
appears
unwarrantedly
like
the
lord
Krishna.There
is
hardly
any
logic
behind
such
appearances
of
'The
Lord'.
But
the
director
thought
of
Vijayakanth
to
be
bigger
than
even
lord
Krishna.
In
many
scenes,
the
the
Director
turns
up
as
the
propaganda
secretary
of
Vijayakanth's
Party.
Here
is
a
sample...
Seeing
the
hardship
of
refugees
at
Mandapam,
he
says,
"Those
who
saw
this
earlier
had
come
just
to
watch.
I
have
come
to
remove
your
hardship.
Believe
in
me."
Generally,
cell
phones
are
not
allowed
in
the
operation
theaters.
But
in
this
film,
Vijayakanth...
sorry
Dr.Sabary
conducts
an
operation
under
the
lights
of
cell
phones!
Both
the
heroines,
Jothirmayee
and
the
sexy
Malavika
look
like
set
properties
in
this
film.
There
is
plenty
of
blood
and
gore,
punch
lines,
flying
kicks
and
songs
shot
in
exotic
foreign
locales.
But
sadly,
director
Suresh
has
no
story
to
tell
and
has
needlessly
stretched
the
movie
for
nearly
three
hours.
Sabari
is
the
ultimate
test
of
patience
for
its
viewers!